Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
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Life Speeds Up
It was becoming easier for people to...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Minster Library
- The Railway King: George Hudson
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- The Minster in Viking Times
- Guy Fawkes
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Feeding Roman York
- Cinema Comes to York
- Ouse Bridge
- The York Observatory
- King's Manor Tudor and Stuart
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The Cawood Sword
- The Battle of the Standard
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Gold Arm Ring
- Second World War York
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York